# Review Board

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{{Short description|Code review tool}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Review Board
| author                 = Christian Hammond and David Trowbridge
| released               = {{start date and age|2007|05|17}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.chipx86.com/2007/05/17/review-board-making-code-reviews-awesome/|title = Review Board|date = 17 May 2007}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language   = [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)), [Django](/source/Django_(web_framework))<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/dev/faq/#what-is-review-board-written-in|title = Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref>
| operating system       = [Cross-platform](/source/Cross-platform)
| language               = [English](/source/English_language)
| genre                  = [Code review](/source/Code_review)
| license                = [MIT License](/source/MIT_License)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/reviewboard/reviewboard/blob/master/COPYING|title = Review Board|date = 27 October 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''Review Board''' is a web-based collaborative [code review tool](/source/Code_reviewing_software), available as [free software](/source/free_software) under the [MIT License](/source/MIT_License).

An alternative to [Rietveld](/source/Rietveld_(software)) and [Gerrit](/source/Gerrit_(software)), Review Board integrates with [Bazaar](/source/GNU_Bazaar), [ClearCase](/source/Rational_ClearCase), [CVS](/source/Concurrent_Versions_System), [Git](/source/Git_(software)), [Mercurial](/source/Mercurial), [Perforce](/source/Perforce), and [Subversion](/source/Apache_Subversion).<ref name="Determining Repository Information">{{cite web|title=Determining Repository Information|url=http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/dev/admin/configuration/repositories/#determining-repository-information|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref>

Review Board can be installed on any server running [Apache](/source/Apache_HTTP_Server) or [lighttpd](/source/lighttpd)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/dev/faq/|title = Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref> and is free for both personal and commercial use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/dev/faq/#is-review-board-free-for-commercial-use|title=Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref>

There is also an official<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beanbaginc.com/products/|title = Beanbag}}</ref> commercial Review Board hosting service, [https://rbcommons.com RBCommons].

Review requests can be posted manually or automatically using either a [http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/dev/webapi/ REST Web API], or a [http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/1.5/users/tools/post-review/ Python script].

== Users ==
Some of the notable users of Review Board are:<ref name="Happy Users">{{cite web|title=Happy Users|url=http://www.reviewboard.org/users/|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref>
{{col-begin|width=70%}}
{{col-break}}
*[Cisco](/source/Cisco)
*[Citrix](/source/Citrix)
*[Novell](/source/Novell)
*[NetApp](/source/NetApp)
*[Twitter](/source/Twitter)
*[VMware](/source/VMware)
*[Yelp](/source/Yelp)
*[Yahoo](/source/Yahoo!_Search)
*[LinkedIn](/source/LinkedIn)
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*[Apache Software Foundation](/source/Apache_Software_Foundation)
*[HBase](/source/HBase)
*[Calligra](/source/Calligra)
*[Konsole](/source/Konsole)
*[Amazon](/source/Amazon.com)
*[Cloudera](/source/Cloudera)
*[Hewlett Packard Enterprise](/source/Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise)
*[Tableau Software](/source/Tableau_Software)
{{col-end}}

== See also ==
*[List of tools for code review](/source/List_of_tools_for_code_review)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{GitHub|reviewboard/reviewboard}}
* [http://bitnami.org/stack/reviewboard Review Board all-in-one installer]
* [https://rbcommons.com/ RBCommons Review Board hosting]

Category:Software review
Category:Free software programmed in Python
Category:Software using the MIT license

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